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Environmental Change and Human Security: Recognizing and Acting on Hazard Impacts

Environmental and Human Security: Then and Now 1 2 ALAN D. HECHT AND P. H. LIOTTA * 1 U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development 2 Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy Salve Regina University 1. Nontraditional Threats to Security The events of Septe...

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Other Authors: Liotta, Peter H. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mouat, David A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Kepner, W.G. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lancaster, Judith. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edition:1st ed. 2008.
Series:NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
Subjects:
Pollution.
Environment.
Social sciences.
Regional planning.
Urban planning.
Regional economics.
Spatial economics.
Human geography.
Pollution, general.
Environment, general.
Social Sciences, general.
Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.
Regional/Spatial Science.
Human Geography.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8551-2
Table of Contents:
  • Approaches to Environmental and Human Security
  • Zombie Concepts and Boomerang Effects
  • Measuring Human Security
  • Environmental Challenges: Examples From North Africa, The Balkans, and The Middle East
  • Drylands in Crisis
  • Desertification in Jordan
  • Global Environmental Change and the International Efforts Concerning Environmental Conservation
  • Management of Environmental Challenges and Sustainability of Bulgarian Agriculture
  • Regional Assessment of Landscape and Land Use Change in the Mediterranean Region
  • Human Challenges: Case Studies
  • Human Security for an Urban Century
  • Urbanization and Environmental Security
  • Approaching Environmental Security
  • The Human Security Dilemma
  • Securing Humans And/Or Environment In The Post-Conflict Balkans
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities in Appalachia, Ohio
  • Acting on Hazard Impacts: Examples from Sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia
  • Poverty-Environment Linkages and their Implications for Security
  • Human and Environmental Security in the Sahel
  • Environment and Security in Eastern Europe
  • Environmental Issues Of The Kyrgyz Republic And Central Asia
  • Environmental Change in the Aral Sea Region
  • Environmental Change Of The Semipalatinsk Test Site By Nuclear Fallout Contamination
  • Environmental Change And Human Impact Linkages
  • Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations for Policy and Research.

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